How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel again on Thursday morning released a plume of black smoke, signaling that the ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

The next vote will take place at about 17:30 (16:30 BST) - no smoke will signal no decision has been reached, white smoke ...

White smoke was seen emanating from the chminey of the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a two-thirds vote has been reached to ...

The cardinals are shut off from the world for the secretive voting that will result in new leadership for the world's 1.4 ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Voting in the morning was inconclusive. The conclave will reconvene in the afternoon, with two more votes expected on ...

The Catholic Church's cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Francis, as ...

Black smoke appeared from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Thursday, signalling that cardinals meeting in ...